About Shems

Deliver the right solution
Faster, Easier, Cheaper and Better

Shems is a new approach to management consulting that is tailor-made for small companies and startups,

We aim to work with new and innovative ventures to introduce a lightweight version of the same tools that bug companies use to handle complexity and uncertainty.

Based on our years of experience in bringing all the learning from big Fortune 500 companies, and adopting it to the fast-moving world of startups, this new way of working will allow newly formed and small teams to improve their delivery strategy/cadence and result, by using some custom process that we can develop for them, base on their strength, that they rely on to reduce waste and deliver a solution faster, easier, cheaper and better systematically.

Agile & Lean management

Start working ad delivering products and services with the minimum cost and risk is what Agile is about.

Big companies and startups from all around the work use this methodology to build software fast, y using iterative and incremental approach they can build what is needed exactly in each step of the process, And we at Shems we take this to the next level, by incorporating principles some from Lean manufacturing and Lean startup to the Agile formula we developed a flexible framework that can use to bost any team delivery speed and quality.

Objectives and key results

With an inspiring vision and a focused execution, you can build almost anything. We developed this mantra after years of research about what makes some teams build better products fast, and under more constraints than other.

After testing and deploying dozens of frameworks for planning and reaching objects we find that the OKR framework (Objectives and Key Results) is the one that fulfills both needs at the time.

The objects component is a great tool for developing an inspiring goal that can get your team member to start working fast and continue working hard until the goal is reached.

The key result aspect provides a tight follow-up process that ensures that each action your team take is getting you close to achieving your goal

Design thinking

As startups, we are often called upon to build new products and services, and this is usually in response to a need that some clients. So, it is crucial to be able to understand these needs so we can build the right solution.

Most of the time, developing new products or services is a matter of listing, if you ask the right question and give your users enough time and tools, they will tell you what they need.

Here is where design thinking shine, by often a set of well-structured technics that your team can rely on to drive the conversation among themselves and with clients, this way of working can get you fast to the point where you know, what you need to build, why you need to build it and how to build it.

Promote teamwork and psychological safety

Teamwork is a must for any group of people working together. If your team is composed of more than you, you need to collaborate effectively with that other person if you want to achieve your goals.

At Shems, we work with organizational psychologists to understand the dynamics of your team, and how we can get your team member to trust each other, complement one another strengths and weaknesses, and drive through a common objective.

By using principal from psychological safety, we help your team members avoid some of the pitfalls that come from working in an environment where they do not feel able to share input, ask questions, or bring concerns, and we get them to open up and work with us to build a culture that can prime to take on the challenge of delivering the right solution, faster, easier, cheaper and better.